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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-15
Mixed Up the Cards.
From the Buffalo Courier.


A leading family has been made most uncom-
Portable during the past few days One morn
ing early in the week the lady of the house, to
her great amazenent, for she had issued no in
vitationS, began to receive regrets and &C
ceptances to a luncheon. About O'Clock ladies
began to arrive in their coaches the procession
not ending until O'Clock, when quite a party
drove up and deposited their cards On sitting the
matter the mistress of the house discovered that
she had been made the victim of practical joke
Some silly fool had issued cards on which were
written her name with Luncheon from to
3, and the date below in the corner. This cir
cumstance would have been sufficiently annoy
ing had not another greater trial caused her to
regard this one as a very slight affair. A
member of her family had been married
not long before, and the wedding was
followed by the usual formaltieS in the
way of announcement cards. Two or three DAYS
ance on meeting one Of the household said:
Miss --, is your father a trustee of the Lock.
port High SCHOOL," mo; why do you ask ~
Because" was the reply, II received an invita-
ton to the commencement exercises of the
school with your sisters after-card inclosed in
it." Greatly puzzled. the young lady returned
home to find that another of the family had been
asked the same question, and more followed
An investigation eusued and it appeared that
the stationer who had received the order, and to
whom had been delegated the responsibility OF
addressing the envelopes. had entrusted the
work 20 a careless clerk, who had committed the
objectionable blunder of mixing the two sets OF
cards. IL is not easy TO say which is the worst
offense that of playing a ridiculOusly common.
place joke or of laundering with SO important a
matter as wedding announcement cards. The
friends in town. but scarcely to those living at a
distance
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Gov. Curtin's Story.
From the Nem York SUE.

HARRISBURG, July 12-Ex- Gov. Curtin passed
east through this city last night. In converse
ton about the alleged charge made by jefferson
Davis that he had pardoned desperate out of
the Eastern penitentiary for the purpose of
having him assassinate the Confederate chief
tain for a reward of $1,000 he said:
Il have no idea how such a story could have
originated but believe it was founded on an ex-
traordinary incident that occurred in 1852 dur
ing my first term as Governor of Pennsylvania.
AT that time notorious forger named Kenyon
Cross was serving long term in the Eastern
pententiary, in Philadelphia. One day
received a letter written on the official
Paper of the Secretary of Wars
once, enclosed and sealed in an Off
cial envelope and signed with the name of Sec
rotary Stanton. The document was, in sub
stance, that Kenyon Cross was in position To
get through the rebel lines and obtain very i'm.
portant and most desirable information at rebel
headquarters in case he was pardoned. The
latter recommended and urged the pardon
The document bore every evidence that it was
genuine, and no suspicion attached to it what
ever.
Il at once made out the necessary papers Civ.
ing Cross his freedom, and placed them, to
gether with the letter from the War Office, in
the hands of the United States Marshal Cross
was taken to Washington where it was found
that the letter signed by Secretary Stanton was
a forgery. Cross was put back in his cell in the
State prison and served his term. Who wrote
the letters or how the official paper and envelope
were obtained could not be found out, and the
incident is shrouded in as much mystery to-day
as it was in 1852 "
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BRIGHT BITS.

MORE able bodied men attended base ball
games in the United States yesterday than the
armies of the nation numbered at any one time
during the revolutionary This is the way
we have grown.--CieUel6tnd Leader.
CHICAGO MAS to friend)-Do you suppose
Robinson would lend me Sf00s
Friend-Wen dunno. Now is good time to
ask him for it, he's just got a divorce from his
wife. -Droke's Travellers Magazine.
MAMMA-EtheI dear. noticed that young Mr.
Sprg9s kept his eyes on you all through the
sermon.
Etnel-Why. isn't Sunday the best day for
him to show his devotional feelings:-TM Bits.
SURF BATHING is said to he the cause of more
cases of deafness than any other one thing.
Judging from the difficulty experienced in col
Letting July bills, the debtor class includes a
large number of surf bathers-NorIcich Bud
letin.
"WHATs the great need of the hour?" ex-
claimed a lecturer on The AmelioratiOn of the
Evils of Humanity To which an inebriated
auditor responded: "A n-night kew with an
ee-electric l-light on the end of it."-!Scrd1tton
Truth.
MAMMA TO Walter, who had Just returned
from his first experience with fishing rod
What, back so soon?
water Yes'm: thought I'd come home.
The worms were so nervous couldn't get them
on the hooks. ''-Hdrper's Bdzar.
WIFE-I don't see why women want to wear
hioh hats ANYHOW
Husband-Nether do l, my dear.
MITe-IeS; it's perfectly SenseleSS They
don't cost a bit more than the others, and some
OF them not nearly so much.-Pttsburg Dis
patch.
II WISH ] was measly, half-starved cock
roach said tramp to his companion
Why don't you wish you was a millionaire,
aud be done with IT,
II had just as lief'be a cockroach-there is no
difference between a millionaire and a cock
roach"
How do you make that out?'
oh, because they both move in firstclass
society. v carl Pretzet.
A LITTLE Matteawan girl attends the Metho-
dist church and Is not familiar with the forms
| of service in the other churches Not long ago
she was present at a wedding in the Episcopal
| church and was very attentive. When she had
| returned home she approached her mother and
| asked: Mamma why did the man in the night
gown ask If be would promise to love cherriesY''
| The mother explained that the clergyman had
asked the groom if he would promise to love,
| cherish" etc.-H,tdson Republican.
An EDITOR of a country paper having been in
| vted 10 picnic on the day when his paper had
| to go to press, called the boy who set the type
and said: Tom, I'm going away to-day and
| haven't time 10 get out any more COPY Take
| my article headed Party Organization and RIM
| it in again putting over it, 'Repubshed by re-
| quest That will save considerable time and
| you can go TO press at once" When the editor
| returned from the picnic and took up copy of
| his paper, he became justly indignant upon
| reading the following: Party Organization
| Republshed by request of the editor. ''-Arkan-
Sdt0 Traveller.
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Senator shermen,s Chances.
From the Ne,1 York star DeHl.l

From the Ne,1 York star ODem.)
1t is evident that Senator Sherman is not to
he allowed to control the delegation from his
own State to the Republican National Convention
without severe struggle. Indeed there are some
Indications that he may be beaten in the Ohio
convention At a recent meeting of the Repub-
lican Executive Committee of Hamilton county
a Sherman resolution was withheld because of
the evident uncertainty of its passage. There
are great many shreyd observers in the Re
publican party who think an animated contest
between Blaine and Sherman will result in the
nomination of some third person. as was the
case when Garfield won
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RBEI To yEg ADVERTISEMENTS.

M-ErrSr7s-Lan6-un Lodge No. IS +. & A.
" Fr1l1sEl Cuuus,lI No. IS, R A: Myrtle Lodge
No. s < Of P.
SPECIAL Nor1cEs-white Straw Hats, at Jau-
6on's.
RACEs-Texas at Thunderbolt Monday, July II.
AUCTION SALE-Furniture, Etc, by J. Nc
Laughln & Son.
BANK STATEMEST-SavannahB Bank aud Trust
Co.
LEGAL SALE-City Marshals Sale.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMESTs-HelpW Want
cd; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Miscellaneous.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULE-Ocean Steamship Co.
EDucArIoNAL-South Georgia Agricultural
College, Townsville Ga.
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Brave Little Mrs. HUMPHREYS.

From the Nelc York Sun.
SOUTHAMPTON, L. l., July 12-Mrs Edward
HUMPHREYS, of Bergen Point, n. j., great
granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, and the
daughter-in-law of Mr.. Scion HUMPHREYS, OF
New York city, is spending the summer with
her husband in their cottage here. Yesterday
afternoon she drove her dog cart to the west
side of Southampton Pond to make few visits.
On her way home she saw three children
of Mr.. Isham bathing in the pond.
The eldest, a girl of 10, and nearly as large as
hrs. HUMPHREYS who is very petite got beyond
her depth There was no one near to help her,
and she sank twice, and would certainly have
been drowned had not Mrs. HUMPHREYS dropped
the reins on the dashboard, jumped from the
cart, and, clad just as she was, with hat and
gloves on, rushed into the pond.
Before she reached the drowning girl she was
obliged to swim She did reach her, however,
and, after a terrible struggle, she brought her
ashore, partly by swimming and partly by walk
ing up the inclined bottom with her head under
water All this time the girl wGS clinging about
her and impeding her movements After the
girl was safely landed her brave little rescuer
nearly tainted. The affair has created a great
sensation, and the plucky and pretty lady is re-
ceiving congratulations on all hands
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StebhinS' Fate.
From the Detroit Free Press.
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The recent case of Mr.. John w. Stebbins. of
Wyoming will do much to open the eyes of the
users of the vile weed i'll its vilcst form Ii will
pain many good people TO know that the cga-
rette has insinuated itself into the rural sim
plicity of Wyoming. Hitherto the inhabitants
of that Territory have been guileless pastoral
people, who occasionally INDUCED in scalpng,
cattle raids and bad whisky, enlivened by a inur.
der now and then, but never had their worst
enemy charged them with smoking cigarettes
Now, alas all this is changed IL is no uncommon
sight TO see gang OF cowboys peaceably ~
turning to camp after sackiug village, each
with a cigarette in his mouth. True, some Of the
most noble of the cowboys stood out against
the growth of this habit and shot a few of the
smokers; but, although this method Of argu-
ment seemed to be conclusive in individual
cases, yet matters of policy prevented its uni
vcrsal adoption. So, in spite Of the best intcu-
tons on the part of the opponents OF the vice.
it continued TO spread among the unsOphsti-
Gated people of the plains Stebbns fell an
easy victim 20 the cigarette and smoked iuccs
sanity. The effect of the habit on him was not
noticed until one day be fired at q tenderfoot
from the East three times In succession and
missed him every time, This alarmed his
friends and they beSought him with tears in
their eyes to abandon a habit that was doing so
much 10 undermine his usefulness and influ-
Stebbins himself felt rather shaken and con.
suited physician, who told him that IL be did
not give up cigarette smoking he wonld not live
six months. Stebbins agreed 20 qut-next week
This is popularity Of the cigarette smokers.
They are always going 10 quit some time in the
future. That night there was social card
party in the shanty. Stebbins sat on the pow
der key. He let a cigarette stump fall on the
keg. The party instantly broke up Stebbins
and part Of the key were last seen going
through the roof As neither have vet come
down serious fears are beginning to be enter
tained on that ranch that something has hap.
pened to Stebbins Thus IL Is that the doctors
most sanguine expectations have been realized
and the name of John Warrington Stebbins has
been added to the already long list OF the vic.
Tins of the deadly cigarette.
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Sharp's Sentence.

The sentence Of Jacob Sharp is a rather
severe one when the fact is taken into CON
sderation that it is not probable that he
will live through one-half his term in the
penitentiary, but it is not more severe than
he deserves, nor than will be sustained by
public sentiment. His age and his weak
physical condition do not entitle him to any
less punishment than younger and stronger
man convicted of like offense.
II was not the duty of the court to con
slider Jacob Sharp's infirmities, and the
sentence imposed upon him was not for the
sole purpose Of Furnishing him. The inter
ests Of society are of FAR more Importance
than Jacob Sharp. Rich and INSCRIPTIONS
mon of New York who Use their wealth 10
corrupt the peoples servants now know
that they are in MS much danger of
being sent to the penitentiary as
those who accept their gold and betray the
trust the people have conferred upon
them. Heretofore the bribe-takers have
been punished when caught, but the bride
givers have been allowed 10 go free The
conviction and sentence of Jacob Sharp will
tend TO check the bribing of public officials
in New York, and perhaps elsewhere, be-
cause his fate will be a warning to other
men Of his character that they will likely
heed.
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Honors to Buffalo William.

IFUIt III E1Nstf'lI Ittl0TT y
One of the most remarkable incidents OF the
Jubilee day was that the only person who was
recognized by the royal party during ahelr
progress was Col. Cody Buffalo Bill, and that
this should have been the case needs no FUR
Their commentary from me TO point out 10 you
how the Wild West" craze has extended. not
only TO all fashionable London. but to royalty
itself Col. Cody occupied a prominent place
on a Scaffolding erected on the side Of new
building in Piccadiliy. and when the royal car
TIages approached the Princess looked up and
saw his long loye-ocks floating I'm the breeze,
whereupon she called the attention Of the Queen,
and both bestowed a smile and bow upon Col.
Cody; and the Prince. who was in charge Of
the royal guard of honor just aliudedt9 wheeled
his horse around. took off his hat and saluted
Col. Cody. an example Immediately followed
by the other members of the suite on horse
hack
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| The coroners jury were not long III reach
ing a decision as TO who murdered George
Smith at Tybee The evidence against
Thomas Cassidy, while circunstantial, was
convincing. 1t is doubtful if a single one
of the jurors when he signed the finding had
the vagueSt sort of doubt that the man who
had been arrested as the murderer commit
tel the horrible deed. The suspected mans
character, as well as the evidence, was
against him His record and his associa-
tinns were known t,o be bad, and doubtless
they helped the jury 10 the decision which
they reached
1t is 10 be regretted that the officers who
arrested Cassidy and Maggie Terrell on their
arrival from Tybee did not separate them as
soon as the boat reached the wharf. When
Cassidy left the island he did not know, of
course, that the sea had given up the dead,
and he was not aware that the body of the
murdered man had been found until he was
taken into custody in this city. Assuming
that he is guilty may he not have relied
upon the sea to hide his crime. and have
kept about his person until arrested, articles
taken from the body of his victim! When
he realized his peril may he not have trans
ferred these articles to Maggie Terrell, who
was permitted to ride in the carriage with
him He was searched, but was the woman
carefully searchedl
Of course officers Of the law cannot always
think of the proper thing to do on the spur
of the moment. Like other people, they see
what ought to have been done when it is too
late to do it.
1t is not known, of course, that Cassidy,
when he reached the city, had any articles
on his person which would have eliminated
him, but there is ground for suspecting that
he had. The woman ought certainly to
have been kept away from him from the
moment of his arrest.
There is another thing that is rather mys-
terious 1t is the finding of cuff or collar
button on the ground where the struggle
took place, which is like button that Cas-
sidv was known TO have had. And yet
Cassidy's clothing showed no missing button
when it was examined. Did he discover his
loss and in some mysterious way supply it,
How else can the button found at Tybee be
accounted for. The murdered mans cloth
ing was of kind that required no buttons
like the one that was found
The Judge of the Superior Court and the
Solicitor General show great earnestness in
bringing those guilty of crimes of violence
to Justice. The Solicitor General can be de
pended upon to do all that it is possible to
do to discover and punish the murderer of
George Smith.
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Compensation.
From AZ The Year Bound.

From al the Year Round.
One woman, in furS and velvets;
Another, in squalid rags;
One, rolled by in her stately carriage;
The other stood on the flags.
One woman. alone in her carriage;
BY the other, little child
Who, watching the prancing horses,
Looked in her face and smiled.
She stopped to her boy and kissed him,
And gave him a boarded crust;
The other had just left costly blooms
Where her one son lay in dust.
One, back to her darkened mansion,
Wealth cannot hold death at bay!
One, back 10 the hut where labor
Brought bread tor the coming day.
Perhaps, as over the sands of life
Times great tide GIBBS and flows,
More fates among us are equal
Than their outward seeming shows.
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The Morning News for the Summer.

The Morning News for the Summer.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can have the MORNING NEWS forwarded by
the earliest fast mails to any address at the
rate of 25c. week. 81 for a month or g 80
for three months, cash invariably in ad-
vance The address may be changed as
often as desired In directing change care
should be taken to mention the old as well
as the new address.
Those who desire to have their home paper
promptly delivered to them while away
should leave their subscriptions at the BUsI-
NESS OFFICE. Special attention will be given
to make this summer service satisfactory and
to forward papers by the most direct and
quickest routes.
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The New York Times is authority for the
statement that in Washington Congressman
are openly tho patrons Of bucket shops
One Senator from Virginia--whose name
was in everybody's mouth who mentioned
things political a year or two ago--is said to
have made over $4,000 last winter by pur-
chases and saleg over bucket shop counter
Doubtless the Congressman who gamble in
the bucket shops think they deserve credit
for being 30 open about the business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-15

A man named james Htzgibbons, aged G3
years, was put in jail at Pottsville, Pa,
some weeks ago, for threatening his son and
widow, with whom the young man lived.
On the day Fitzgibbons was 10 have been
liberated no was found dead in his cell with
his throat cut. Strange as it may seem, he
preferred death 20 liberty.
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The anti-prohibition papers of Texas
claim that their side of the contest now in
progress will triumph by at least $4,000
majority. The claim may prove to be cor
rect, but if it does it will be pity. The
country would like TO see how Texas would
act without whisky.
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Those Poor Little Cookie Shells.

IfOm The PHILADELPHIA Record DeDlJ
The poor little cookie shells which the Navy
the disposition Of the United States to protect
the interests of its citizens in that quarter OF the
world are not calculated in themselves to in
spre either respect or alarm. They are I'M
pressive only from the weight, resources and
fighting qualities of their owners. Back of a
tiger cats whiskers are bis teeth and claws.
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Phe negro ex-Union soldiers in Louisiana
are disposed to give the Grand Army of the
Republic trouble. They charge that the or
ganization is composed entirely of Northern
white men, many of whom have been since
the war awarded place, power and profit by
the votes of the negroes Yet, say the ne
gro ex-soldiers, these same men will not
allow negroes any of the benefits Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Just so; and
the negro ex-soldiers will find no change
down to the end Of the chapter.
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The Boston Post is authority for the state
alent that there was base ball game the
other day in Massachusetts, town between
mines from the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches. Unless the umpire was an angel
incapable of erring, it goes without saying
that the Presbyterian nine fell from grace
a easily as the Methodist.
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Ex-AsSistant Secretary Coon, of whom
the papers once made so much fun, has
turned up as developer of Southern rail
road interests. While in London, recently,
he succeeded in placing loan of $3.50, 900
for Southern railroad company.
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1t Certainly Should Not.

From the Ne,C York World DENY
II is strange that the public is not clamoring
for fund for the poor negro sailor cook Rob
insQn, who CALAMITY saved eleven lives last sun
day when the Mystery capsIzed in Jamaica Bay.
Certainly the color Of hero should be no bar 10
public recognition
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An Illinois school teacher who kept boy
sitting on chunk of ice for two hours, as a
punishment has, been fined $500 by one of
the State courts Such a piece of outrageous
cruelty ought to have sent the teacher to
prison for a good long time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-15

Gen. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
says of Mr. Blaine; ~ think Mr.. Blaine is
more eager than ever TO be the nominee for
President. He will never give up that am.
bition." The General seems 10 forget that
Mr. Blaine, like all other men, must die. He
will give up his never-to-be-gratified ambi-
ton when lac finds himself on the brink OF
fine errayp
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Anti-treating societies are being formed
in New York, and that city claims the
honor of having originated the idea. The
claim lacks foundation. To Macon, Ga.
belongs the honor of having organized the
first anti-treating society.
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The statement is made that the German
postal department admits sample packages
of liquids at reduced rates, TO and from this
country, under an order that went into IF.
feet July l. If whisky is included, Ger.
many must have determined TO foster the
jug trade by mail instead Of by express, as
is done in this country.
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New York city claims to be growing at
the rate of 60,00O year. 1t is to be hoped
that she is not growing any material for
more Doodle aldermen